nats-io/nats-server

High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system.

Backend & databasesGo#go#golang#messaging#message-bus#message-queue

1.8 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

NATS server is a high-performance messaging system for cloud, edge and microservice applications, part of CNCF. It supports over 40 client libraries and runs from data centers down to a Raspberry Pi.

Useful for

Deploy a message broker for data exchange between microservices
Set up publish/subscribe or request/reply between services in a cluster
Run NATS on an edge device to connect with the cloud

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

4 stars so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
Over the last two days the pace is 2.2× that of the previous week and a half.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 20,745
Stars in a day: 5
Forks: 1,962
Issues and pull requests: 7,960
Watchers: 385
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: v2.15.0 · September 17, 2026
Created: October 29, 2012
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #18, +112 stars
September 17, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #10, +118 stars
September 16, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #10, +10 stars

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